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Friends,
We are approaching the end of this cycle of political decisions and we carry many feelings, hopes and aspirations for our shared future, as well as apprehensions about threats to our democracy. I share with you this beautiful contemporary interpretation of Mary's Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) by Rev. M. Barclay as a guide and anchor as we journey forward in the next weeks.
May these words ground us in the story of God's relentless love for us. May they inspire us to trust that God is at work in the world, bringing about justice and healing, even though it is injustice and hurt that so often sound the loudest.
My soul is alive with thoughts of God.
What a wonder, Their liberating works.
Though the world has been harsh to me,
God has shown me kindness,
seen my worth,
and called me to courage.
Surely, those who come after me will call me blessed.
Even when my heart weighs heavy with grief,
still, so does hope abide with me.
Holy is the One who makes it so.
From generation to generation,
Love’s Mercy is freely handed out;
none are beyond the borders of
God’s transforming compassion.
The power of God is revealed
among those who labor for justice.
They humble the arrogant.
They turn unjust thrones into dust.
Their Wisdom is revealed in
the lives and truths of those on the margins.
God is a feast for the hungry.
God is the great redistributor of wealth and resources.
God is the ceasing of excessive and destructive production
that all the earth might rest.
Through exiles and enslavement,
famines and wars,
hurricanes and gun violence,
God is a companion in loss,
a deliverer from evil,
a lover whose touch restores.
This is the promise They made
to my ancestors,
to me,
to all the creatures and creations,
now and yet coming,
and in this promise,
I find my strength.
Come, Great Healer,
and be with us.
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